Top states with lowest and highest life expectancy

Life expectancy is one of the most important and frequently cited indicators of population health, and in the United States, life expectancy is falling at a historic rate. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy at birth has decreased by 1,5 years in 2020, the biggest annual drop since World War II... In which states do people live the longest, and in which less, the newspaper found out MSN.

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The CDC links the decline to the COVID-19 pandemic and 93 drug overdose deaths, a record high in one year. Homicide, diabetes and liver disease are also thought to be influencing factors.

While the national trend is alarming, in some parts of the country life expectancy is much higher than the national average. Using data from county health rankings and roadmaps, a joint program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Institute of Population Health, states with the highest life expectancy were identified.

It's important to note that life expectancy rates are averages from 2017 to 2019—the most recent period for which metropolitan-level data is available—so they are pre-pandemic. The average life expectancy in the country is 79,2 years.

States with the longest life expectancy

Connecticut:

• life expectancy: 80,9;
• adults reporting ill health: 13,0%
• adult obesity rate: 26,3%
• smoking rate: 12,5%;
• population without health insurance: 5,9%
• Median household income $ 78
• poverty rate: 10,0%.

Minnesota:

• life expectancy: 80,9;
• adults reporting ill health: 12,9%
• adult obesity rate: 29,0%
• smoking rate: 15,5%;
• population without health insurance: 4,9%
• Median household income $ 74
• poverty rate: 9,0%.

New York:

• life expectancy: 81,4;
• adults reporting ill health: 16,3%
• adult obesity rate: 26,4%
• smoking rate: 13,0%;
• population without health insurance: 5,2%
• Median household income $ 72
• poverty rate: 13,0%.

California:

• life expectancy: 81,7;
• adults reporting ill health: 17,6%
• adult obesity rate: 24,3%
• smoking rate: 11,5%;
• population without health insurance: 7,7%
• Median household income $ 80
• poverty rate: 11,8%.

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Hawaii:

• life expectancy: 82,3;
• adults reporting ill health: 15,4%
• adult obesity rate: 24,6%
• smoking rate: 14,4%;
• population without health insurance: 4,2%
• Median household income $ 83
• poverty rate: 9,3%.

Florida

• life expectancy: 80,2;
• adults reporting ill health: 19,5%
• adult obesity rate: 27,2%
• smoking rate: 14,9%;
• population without health insurance: 13,2%
• Median household income $ 59
• poverty rate: 12,7%.

Illinois

• life expectancy: 79,4;
• adults reporting ill health: 15,9%
• adult obesity rate: 29,7%
• smoking rate: 15,9%;
• population without health insurance: 7,4%
• Median household income $ 69
• poverty rate: 11,5%.

States with the lowest life expectancy

Tennessee:

• life expectancy: 76,0;
• adults reporting ill health: 21,2%
• adult obesity rate: 33,3%
• smoking rate: 20,8%;
• population without health insurance: 10,1%
• Median household income $ 56
• poverty rate: 13,9%.

Kentucky:

• life expectancy: 75,6;
• adults reporting ill health: 21,8%
• adult obesity rate: 34,6%
• smoking rate: 24,1%;
• population without health insurance: 6,4%
• Median household income $ 52
• poverty rate: 16,3%.

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Alabama:

• life expectancy: 75,6;
• adults reporting ill health: 21,4%
• adult obesity rate: 36,1%
• smoking rate: 20,0%;
• population without health insurance: 9,7%
• Median household income $ 51
• poverty rate: 15,5%.

Mississippi:

• life expectancy: 74,9;
• adults reporting ill health: 22,1%
• adult obesity rate: 39,1%
• smoking rate: 21,0%;
• population without health insurance: 13,0%
• Median household income $ 45
• poverty rate: 19,6%.

West Virginia:

• life expectancy: 74,8;
• adults reporting ill health: 23,6%
• adult obesity rate: 37,8%
• smoking rate: 26,9%;
• population without health insurance: 6,7%
• Median household income $ 48
• poverty rate: 16,0%.

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